I’m excited to watch the Giants-Cubs series this weekend, two of my favorite teams. The series have been exciting going back to 1908:
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Ah, I will be torn. I am a lifelong Cubs fan, and having fully embraced the west at 19 (the west is the best) have not yet fully embraced the Giants. Yet I watch the Giants games and feel a sense of pride. Yet, in the end, I too want my ashes spread in Wrigley Field.
Go Cubs, go! 3rd generation Cubs fan here.
3rd generation?!? If only you were 5th generation then you could run for some Cub Nation political office!!
Nice videos.(said with sarcasim) Let me post this to help you guys know who to root for this weekend.
GO GIANTS!!
Great stuff!! How many rivalries can you trace back to 1908, the last time the Cubs won the World Series with a little help from Fred Merkle of the Giants?
I have not watched many Cubs games this year, I think one pre-season and two regular season; being 15 games behind on June 1 is not exactly encouraging.
I have been watching Giants games, and I have to say the Giants have a team that can catch and overcome the damn Dodgers and win the NL West. They have made watching fun.
But watching the Cubs again last night, they are a better team than their record. They have young talent, perhaps a bit undisciplined, and still not playing tight, but real talent, in Castor a .300 career average hitting SS, Clevenger getting his feet as a new starting catcher, LaHair having perhaps a career making year, and Camapana and Castor with speed on the bases.
But its also clear, looking at the stats, that the young team is not doing their pitchers, who are better than their record, any favors. Not enough run production at 2B and 3B, a poor record getting base-runners on and advancing runners, means they rank near last in the league in runs scored; not enough production to support a pitching staff.
Consider Samardzija, who is 5-3 while striking out 65 and walking 19; or Ryan Dempster–0-3 with a 2.90 ERA and 54 strikeouts to 19 walks.
In the end, the Giants are a much better team–they get runners on, advance them, and score–and thats what its all about.
This is a Giants year. After years of avoiding baseball I am watching again, and I’m watching the Giants.
But I’m still going to see a game at Wrigley while I’m in Chicago this summer! And I will dream that one day the Cubs will win a series and kick billygoat a**. Somewhere Steve Bartman will breathe a sigh of relief!